If you miss the train I'm on You will know that I am gone You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles Lord I'm one, Lord I'm two, Lord I'm three, Lord I'm four I'm 500 miles away from home Not a shirt on my back Not a penny to my name Lord I can't go back this a'way This a'way, this a'way, this a'way, this a'way Lord I can't go back this a'way Well, I'm walking these ties, With tears in my eyes Trying to read a letter from my home From my home, from my home, from my home, from my home Trying to read a letter from my home If this train's running right I'll be home by Saturday night I'm 500 miles away from home Away from home, away from home, away from home, away from home I'm 500 miles away from home